Explain further on this method/technique. Victor, -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Technet Legg Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 7:58 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Best way to measure "actual" themal pad compression Probably too late to be relevant to the original poster, but; If the issue is distance between surfaces of the thermal interface, then a capacitive measurement is probably the simplest method. This often avoids the question of real dissipator surface area as well. RL --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________